Homer Simpson's Pagan Offering

It appears that Homer Simpson is offering this pagan fertility god a chalice for its staff.

The 17th century chalk outline of the naked, sexually aroused, club-wielding giant is believed by many to be a symbol of ancient spirituality. Homer and his glory donut are believed to be a publicity stunt for The Simpsons Movie.

I can't really believe that the pagans are pissed about it. But read for yourselves... Humorless blokes.

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First and foremost our gratitude goes out to Astanga Yoga New York & Sri Ganesha Temple,
without which the Sri Ganesha Tea & Book Stall would never have incarnated. Secondly our
deepest respect and praise goes to Sri K. Pattabhi Jois and the Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute.
We are also indebted and inspired by the efforts of Namarupa Magazine. For further inspiration,
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Credits

Foremost credit goes to my wife Erin
for her tireless patience + support
of this endeavor. Thanks to Barry
Silver for the artwork in the above
banner and for his friendship, to
Robert Beer for the illustrations.
Thanks to Eddie Stern for his ongoing
support and for providing inspiration.
Thanks to my fellow farmers at One
Digital Farm for help growing this.